Mohamed El-Erian

Ukraine's real GDP will fall by well over a third (more than ~33%) in 2022.

Partly right ●●●●●
“Economic activity in Ukraine is likely to contract by well over a third this year”
Said on
7 March 2022 · Project Syndicate column
Source
The Ukraine War's Multifaceted Economic Fallout · Project Syndicate
Should come true
2022
How sure they sounded
likely
Categories
EconomyGeopolitics
Importance
3 of 5 · Scale of the war's economic damage to Ukraine, a country-level outcome.

Outcome

Partly right Happened 31 December 2022.

Ukraine's State Statistics Service reported real GDP fell 29.1% in 2022 (later revised to 28.8%). That is a severe contraction but short of "well over a third," so a weaker version of the call came true.

Evidence:

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